Liquid-dispensing apparatus.



. GIRSHEFSKI & A. B. KNOTTS.

LIQUID DISPENSI'NG APPARATUS.

K 'APPLICATION FILED Aue. 18. |915.

Panzented June 20, 1916.

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HOWARD J. GIIRSHEFSKI AND ADDISON B. KNoTTs, OF RAMOS, LOUISIANA.

DIQUID-DISPENSING APPARATUS. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenteddune 20, 1916.

Application mea August 1s, 1915. seria1No.4s,15a.

T all 'whom z'z may concern v Be 1t known that we, HOWARD J. 'GIRSHEF- ski and ADDISON B. KNoT'rs, residing at Ramos, in the parish ofSt. Mary and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-'Dispensing' Apparatus, of which the following is a speclication.

This invention has reference to means provided for the withdrawal of liquids of differseveral parts are cooperatively so arranged that the drain tube or passage may be readily set within the fluid-holder 'for draining the contents thereof, either from the top or bottom. l A

Another object of our invention is to provide a dispensing means of the general character stated that includes devices operated from the outside of the tankl for setting the u draining pipe or tube at the desired draining position and for holding it to such positions, other means being also included for automatically closing off the inlet to the said tube when it is turned to its inoperative position of the tank.

whereby to keep the liquid within the tank from splashing into the upper end thereof when the said tank or holder is in transit.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the peculiar construction and novel arangement of parts hereinafter fully explained, specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectionl of our improved liquid dispensing means, the drawin off tube or pipe being shown positioned 'or drawing off the liquid at the top of the said tank.l Fig. 2 isa similar view of a part of said tank that vshows the said tube or pipe lowered for completely draining off the bottom of the tank'. Fig. 3

is a detail longitudinal section of the tank, the draining pipe being shown at its vertical or inoperative position with its attached closure device in engagement with the top Fig. 4 is a detail view of the upperl end of the saidpipe with the attached closure device in the open position. Fig. 5

is a. transverse section of the tank and the I dispensing means takenvsubstantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. l. Fig'. 6 is a side elevation of one end of the tank and illustrates the bracket bearing for the outlet pipe and the lever device for rocking the said pipe in the said bearings. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the tooth rack showing its connection to the brace member. r

In the drawings, in which indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 designates the liquid holder, which may be' a tank, as shown, or a stationary trough or reservoir. The holder 1, at `one end thereof,

has a pendent semi-circular or trough-like draining portion 10, which extends along the tank bottom. a distance somewhat longer than the length ofthe draining olf pipe or tube 3, thereason for which will presently appear. l l' The pipe or tube 3 is in the nature of an like numerals elbow portion of the outflow pipe 30 that is rockably mounted in a lateral extension 31 secured to the tank and provided with a stuiing boX 32. that is arranged in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 6, by reference to which it will be noticed that the outer endv of the pipe 30 is mounted in the brackets 1 -4a attached to the side ofthe tank and which unite to forma bearing 40 for the said pipe 30 and which is braced by the collar 5 held in place on the pipe 30 by set `screw 5, as shown.

6 designates a lever that is clampeduponv thefpipe 30 and has the usual spring pawl device 60 for engaging with a segment rack 7 secured on one of the bracketmembers,

the upper endof the lever when the elbow section ofthe pipe is at the vertical or inoperative position, linesup with an apertured ear 41 on the bracket member 4a and is' locked to the said ear by. a pin 8 which passes through the ear and an aperture 61 -in the lever, as shown. By reason of the peculiar4 constructions of the bottom of the fluid hol/der and the draining off pipe and the manner in which the said pipe ismounted I have provided a very simple and ineX- pensive means for emptyingthe holder or tank and for positively draining off all of the contents thereof, it being readily understood, from the drawing, by pulling the lever 6 in the direction of the arrow an, Fig. 6, the tube or pipe 3, may be positioned at any point` within the tank for draining off the liquid, as desired,'it being also apparent thatshouid thetankenmin ,liquids of dif' ferent specific gravity, say, oil and water,-'

the pipe 3 can be set to drain oil either of /the said fluids.`

'- The elbow section 3 of the pipe 30 is provided with a closure device that is automatically held open when the said pipe 30.is Y

Idraining out the contents ,within the tank -andv which closesv the said section3 'when i such section is swung to the vertical position as shown in Fig. l. rlhe said closure de vice, which is illustrated in detail in Fig; 3, consists of a 'cap valve 2 hinged on a bracket 21 which extendslaterally from. the member 3 andthe said cap valve is normally held to its open, position by a pull spring 22 that connects to the bracket and to the`;-"heel y end23 of the valve. I

24 denotes a yielding contact member that extends over the cap valve and which takes upV the shock when the pipe Asection 3 is turned tothe vertical position and the cap valve closes theupper end'thereof.

By reason of mounting thev dispensing tank 30, as shown and described, danger of .leakage around the plpe 1s overcome, andsince the tube or elbow section 3 of the pipe 30 is of suficient length to extend above the top of the liquid in the tank, when at the' verticaljor inoperative position, and providing the upper end of the said tube with a closure device that is brought into contact with the top of the tank and thereby cased to seat onto the top of the pipe 3 and form a closure therefor positively prevents the liquid within the tank from splashing into the tube 3, the said closure means for the tube or pipe 3 being especially advantageous in railroad tanks when the latter are in motio'n. By forming the bottom of the-tank with an elongated pendent troughas stated, the'drawing ofi" tube or pipe 3 can be loweredi with its inlet end in a plane below the normal bottom line of the tank, as is shown in Fig. 2. Y'

'F rom the foregoing description, taken in ing od' pipe for turning it in its bearings,

the said drawing ofil pipe including an elbow portion within the tank that forms a draining tube,"the said tube being of such length as to extend beyond the `high level of the liquid vwithin the tank when swung up to the vertical or inoperative position.

2. A liquid dispenser comprising a. tank having aV pendent longitudinally extended` `trough in the bottom thereof, and a tubular portion that extends laterally from the said trough, a drawing ofl" pipe rockably mounted fluid-tight in the said tubular extension, means engaging the outer endof the drawing 'off pipe for turning it in its bearings,

the said drawing oli' pipe including an elbow portion within the tank that forms a draining tube, the said tube being adapted for troughin the bottom of the tank with its Vlengthwise. seating in the `longitudinal inlet end` below the normal bottom line of the tank.

3. A liquid dispenser comprising a tank having a pendent longitudinally extended trough in the bottom thereof, and a tubular portion that extends laterally from the said trough, a drawing off pipe rockably mounted l Huid-tight in the said' tubular extension,

means Aengaging' the outer end of the drawing off pipe for turning it in its bearings, the said drawing oil' pipe including-an elbow prtion within the tank that forms a draining tube, the said tube being of such length as to extend beyond the high level of theliq-uid Within the tank when swung -up' to the vertical or inoperative position,

and a closure device mounted on the upper end of the. said tube normally open and adapted to engage with the top of the tank to be thereby moved to its/tube closing po- Sition when the said tube .is at the vertical or inoperative position. l

4. .In a liquid dispensing apparatus, the combination of a liquid container having a pendent elongated trough in the bottom thereof,and a tubular portion that extends laterally from the trough, a draining oli' pipe rockably mounted in the said tubular portion and held fluid-tight therein, said pipe including an elbow extension Within lll the container, brackets onthe .container that l form a bearing for the said pipe, a lever attached to the pipe for turning it to' bring thel elbow portion at different'angles in the container above the normal high level of the liquid in the container to a horizontal posi-A tion flatwise in the elongated trough in the bottom of the container, and means for locking the lever to its different adjusted'positions'.

' HOWARD aeiRsHEFski.

ADDISON D. KNo'rTs. 

